Composition for matches.



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ssh-cinnamon fumin part of Letters Patent no. 663,05,'da.ted December .c, 1ooo.

Application filed October 9,1899. Serial HmVSSIO Z'I. -(Nospecimsnal I To all whom, it may concern;-

TEAL; electrical engineer,'asubject o'f'theErn? peror of Germany, residing at No. 37 -Wal-.

may also in some cases add a small quantity of sulfur or sulfid of antimony, or both.

Be it known that I, SIGMUND ADOLF Rosnu brook, in the city of London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Matches, of which the following is a specifiration.

My invention relates to improvements in matches, and particularly to the paste used for the heads and to the process for the manufacture thereof. Such matches can be ignited by simple friction on. any-surface. I absolutely dispense with the use of phos-' phorus, whether it be. yellow phosphorus or amorphous phosphorus, or, indeed, with any phosphorus compound in the mixture. for forming the heads of my matches. The useof the poisonous, yellow phosphorus in the industry of match-making is well known as being dangerous to the health of the workers, and the use of the red amorphousphosphorus in the manufacture of matches capable of bestruck anywhere has also serious drawbacks on account of its treacherous charactor when in contact with the oxidizing-agent, such as chlorate of potash. 'Now according to my invention all danger or insecurity, or

hot-h, in the manufacture are removed,'and,

further, the actual cost of manufacture is very sensibly cheaper than that of matches heretofore made having phosphorus as a base. My invention further permits of the production of an excellent paste having all the advantages of a paste containing phosphorus; and it consists in combining the thiosulfates or the hyposulfites of copper with the sulfocyanids of copper in suitable proportions. By preference, however, I use the thiosulfate ofcopper with the sulfocyanid of copper, and to this mixture I add an inert material, such as powdered glass, and a small quantity of sulfate of caiciuin or peroxid of iron, or both. I

I prepare-an intimate mixture of all these substances and add a suitable binding materialsuch as, for instance, a sufficient quantityof glue dissolved in water; To this mixture .is then added the oxidizing agent, such as chlorate of potash, in such aproportionas the co-mplete oxidation of themixture requires. The

mixture is then caused t0-pass.severa1"'times paste perfectly homogeneous. The paste having been brought'to a suitable consistency is then ready'forthe matches or splints to be dipped therein, and, preferably, theselatter havebeen previously paraflined, sulfurized,

onsteztrined.

By theco nbination of the thiosulfatesor: I

hyposhlfit'es of copper with the sulfocyanids; ofthesame metal or. metalsin the preparation. "of my paste for forming match-heads I obtaina very great advantage-namely,"that the ignition-po'int of the match is very much lower than if-only'the thiosulfates or hyposulfites' of copper was or wereused. My experiments haveshown that matches made without the addition'of "the sulfocyanidzof copper have a very high ignition-point and strike only on hard surfaces, and if only the sulfocyanid of" i copper housed then the combustion on ignition is so rapid, even Whendiluents are added,

that nouseful effect can be obtained, while matches made. according to .my'inveution even strike on cloth with great facility.

The following ingredients and proportions of ingredients (by weight) are-suitable: thicsulfate of copper, fi've parts; sulfocyanid of copper, ten parts; chlorate of potash,fo rty parts; powdered glass, nine parts; sulfid of antimony, three parts; sulfate of calcium, three parts; sulfur, (flowers of sulfur,) four "parts, ten-per-cent. glue solution twenty-six parts; total, one hundred parts. I do not, however, limit myself either to'these exact ingredients nor to these proportions, as the same may be altered without departing from my invention.

. What I claim asmyinvention, and desire' 'to secure by Letters Patient, is- 1 Igniting composition for matches consisting essentially of thiosulfate of copper,

sulfocyanid' of copper, an oxidizing agent, a

grittyfiller and a binding agent, in about the proportions set forth 2. Igniting composition for matchescom sistiug of thiosulfateiof copper, s'ulfocyanid of copper, an oxidizing agent, a gritty filler, 

